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Quite unbearable

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A mustached Polish soldier dressed in green military uniform drops his unsheathed sabre and struggles under the weight of a massive grizzly bear (Russia) that straddles his back. Fallen on the floor are the soldier’s hat and a staff of liberty inscribed ‘Poland & Liberty’. A satirical treatment of the Polish-Russian War, 1830-1831 or the ‘November Uprising’.

  • Printmaker: Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), fl. 1830-1852.
  • Title: Quite unbearable / C.J. Grant.
  • Published:[London] : Pub. by S. Gans, Southampton St., Strand, Fed [sic], 1831.

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Acquired January 2012

Sketches from nature

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With annotations identifying the characters depicted and elaborating on the image. Bound in half green morocco leather with marbled boards. Spine title and artist initials stamped in gold.

  • Artist: Nixon, John, d. 1818.
  • Title: Sketches from nature / by JN Esqr.
  • Published: [London] : [s.n.] 1795.

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Acquired January 2012

Mrs. Newsham

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A copper token or pass with a full length image of Mrs. Newsham on the obverse and the address and date on the reverse. Mrs. Newsham was an African albino who apparently appeared in Thomas Hall’s shows. Hall was a taxidermist and proprieter of the Finsbury Square Curiosity House and was active 1779-95.

  • Title: Mrs. Newsham the white negress [realia] : to be had at the Curiosity House, City Road, near Finsbury Square, London 1795.
  • Published: [London] : [s.n.], [1795].

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Acquired January 2012

Amphithéatre rue du Fauxbourg

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A circus broadside printed on both sides advertising John and Philip Astley’s performances at the Amphitheatre in Paris in 1795. The show included for the first time their performing monkey General Jackoo; the verso of the broadsheet includes a detailed description of some of the tricks that the monkey performed as well ten woodcuts showing the monkey dressed as a human performing his tricks; a 3-year-old child musician; horses dancing a minuet; Chinese shadows; a castle attacked by wild dogs, etc.

  • Author: Astley, Philip, 1742-1814.
  • Title: Amphithéatre rue du Fauxbourg du temple … : exercices surprenans, par le Sieur Astley fils & la grande troupe anglaise : diverse manoeuvres par le fameux singe nommé General Jaco …
  • Published: [Paris] : Perm. de l’Imp. & dist. ce 22 Nov. 1785 De Crosner ; de l’imp de P. de Lormel, rue du Foin, [22 November 1785].

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Acquired January 2012

Letter to “Impudent Mr. Suppose”

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An autograph letter signed from an itinerant actress Eleonora Garrell in a traveling theatre troupe, dated 13 December 1764 from the White Lion Inn in Halifax. An affectionate, teasing letter in which the writer reports on her employment with the “Scotch Company” and their meeting with a rival company “Mr. Whitley” in Leeds and their both being banned. She reports that she will be joining another company “Mr. Woodcock’s” and her ill-health.

  • Author: Farrell, Eleonora.
  • Title: Letter : Halifax, to “Impudent Mr. Suppose”, 1764 December 13.

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Acquired January 2012

Sketchbook recording a tour in North Wales

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Cover: Sketchbook containing pen and wash views recording a tour in North Wales

Selection 1: Sketchbook containing pen and wash views recording a tour in North Wales

Selection 2: Sketchbook containing pen and wash views recording a tour in North Wales

Album containing drawings of castles, ruins, abbeys, landscapes, roads, and bridges drawn by the artist while on tour in northern Wales in August and September 1790, the year before her marriage. Most of the drawings are titled with names of places visited are listed on the front fly leaf. On the verso of the fifth drawing, sometime after 1826, the artist has written a short piece entitled “Recollections” in which she compares traveling in Wales in 1790 to the last trip she took in 1826.

  • Artist: Graham, Elizabeth Susanna Davenport, 1762 or 3-1844.
  • Title: [Sketchbook containing pen and wash views recording a tour in North Wales].
  • Created: North Wales : August & Septr. 1790.

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Acquired January 2012

A tract on duelling

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Title Page - A tract on duelling

Uncut, with original paper boards and paper spine label “Duelling”.

  • Author: Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813.
  • Title: A tract on duelling : wherein the opinions of some of the most celebrated writers on crown law are examined and corrected either by the authority of the same writer, declared in contradictory sentiments on the same subject collated from other parts of their works … in order to ascertain the due distinction between manslaughter and murder / by Granville Sharp.
  • Published: London : Printed for B. White and Son, Fleet-Street; and C. Dilly, in the Poultry, MDCCXC [1790]
  • Edition: Second edition with additions.

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Acquired January 2012